Selling Question

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

Okay I already know I'm going to get made fun of but thats okay. I got my first system for my car in January and I didn't do any research about who makes the best car audio equipment. And of course I live in a small town so there isn't any car audio shops around. Well to get to the point I bought everything in Sony Xplod. I bought the Head Unit, Subwoofers, Amp, and front and back speakers. Noe I'm realizing that its not a good system at all, especially after reading the stuff on this message board. So I'm looking to sell my equipment but I have no clue how much to sell it for. Right now I'm only looking to sell my Subs and Amp because I still need a radio in my car until I purchase my new stuff. Here are the model numbers so you can help me decide on prices. All of this stuff is new, havent had it more than 6 months, no scratches or anything.

2 12" Sony Xplod XS-LD125P5

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1 Sony Xplod AMP XM-DS1600P5

When I went to a car audio shop about 30 minutes from here they said that I didn't need that big of an AMP for my subs but I didn't know. I just bought what I thought was the best. Which come to find out I'm a dumbass. So any help you guys/girls could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Wait. Does it sound good to you? If so, then you shouldnt worry about what this board thinks........

But just take offers on it, or check ebay for prices.

 

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

Thanks for the quick reply. But it sounds okay, I'd like to have something louder, is there anything I could do to make the subs louder. Right now there are in just sealed boxes, nothing special. And no one in my family is good with Car audio so I am afraid to turn my amp up because of blowing my subs. Any suggestions...thanks in advance, and sorry for being a newb at this stuff.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

We like noobs!

Read up on ported / vented enclosures, and setting the gains on your amp.

 

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

Okay thanks alot guys...

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

yea personally unless your strapped for cash, I would sell it all and start over....

but note this could get expensive...

 

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

Well I just graduated from High School and I got about $2500 from it, but I'm not wanting to spend it all on car audio. I'm not a spoiled rich kid either, I had to save up money to even by my crappy little car and first system. I have a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire by the way. Its not the car I want but it gets me where I need to go. Any advice on equipment that won't cost me a fortune, but is better than what I have. I know just about everything...lol

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

my first subs were sony xplods i bought at walmart. they blew several times, and i kept returning them to walmart for new ones. once i just pressed ever so lightly on the cone of one of the subs, and it cracked in half. anyways i sold both subs for $40 to a kid at school. your best chance of selling would be on ebay. not too many on this forum buy sony.

 

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

Yea I've noticed that, these weren't the ones from Walmart but still pretty much the same thing. Maybe I'll just try to sell my stuff to one of my stupid friends who thinks that its awesome. Hardly anyone around here has a system and if they do, its alot worse than mine. Which is pretty bad.

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

I think the best bet is selling it locally..... you could probably get 150-200 from someone....

as far as getting new stuff, give us a budget and recommendations will be made, then its your choice from there. can you install all of this stuff? If not my suggestion would be to use your sony stuff to install a couple of times.

 

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

As of right now $1500 would be my budget. I just quit one job to get another and I haven't started working there. And yes I can install the stuff myself. It was kinda difficult the first time but luckily my dad worked for the FBI and his main job was wiring cameras on undercover cars, so he helped me alot with the wiring.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

As of right now $1500 would be my budget. I just quit one job to get another and I haven't started working there. And yes I can install the stuff myself. It was kinda difficult the first time but luckily my dad worked for the FBI and his main job was wiring cameras on undercover cars, so he helped me alot with the wiring.

if you are looking for a good system i got some stuff for sale. 2 12" soundsplinter rl-p's http://www.soundsplinter.com a pg tantrum 1200.1, and an eclipse 8443 headunit for half of your budget. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=106621

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

if you are looking for a good system i got some stuff for sale. 2 12" soundsplinter rl-p's http://www.soundsplinter.com a pg tantrum 1200.1, and an eclipse 8443 headunit for half of your budget. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=106621

That would be SOOOO much better than the Sony stuff....

 

[BiZkiT8u 10+ year member]

Thanks alot guys and I will look into your equipment. Thanks once again.

 

[cappy72 10+ year member]

if interested I have a D5 1200.1 amplifier (diamond Audio) and Resonant Engineering SE subs....